Window-shutter.



J. LOCKHART.

WINDOW SHUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 1, 1914.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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JOHNLOCKHART, OF TARRYIONN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1915.

Application filed December 1, 1914. Serial No. 874,957.

To all rolwm it may concern Be 11; known that I, JOHN LOGKHART, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Tarrytown, inv the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shutters, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I i

This invention relates to window shutters,

and the object thereof is to provide shutters of this class which maybe used as awnings, said shutters being adapted to be swung out at the bottom thereof in planes at right angles to the windows or the walls of the and being also provided with supplemental side members which close the side spaces when the bottoms of said shutters are swung outwardly; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, inwhich the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through one side portion of a window frame provided with a shutter made according to my invention, part of the shutter construction being broken away andpart being shown in section, and the shutter being swung outwardly as when used as an awning; Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view showing the shutter closed; Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view of a part of one of the supplemental shutter members and on an enlarged scale; and, Fig. 4: a partial section on the line H of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing, I I have shown my improvement applied to a form of shutter described and claimed in U. S; Letters Patent granted to me October 21, 1913, No. 1,076,637, and which involves a shutter, a hinged to a top shutter member I) and adapted to be swung outwardly as shown in Fig. 1, and the construction andarrangement of which is such that when the shutter a and top shutter member 6 are both in a closed position they may be secured together and swung laterally into an open position in the manner of an ordinaryshuttere I have also shown in the accompanying drawing a window frame comprising a top member 0, a bottom member 0 and side members 0 only one of which is shown, and

mounted in said frame are the usual top and bottom sashes cl and (P.

In the practice of my invention I form in the back of the outer side a of the shutter a a vertical groove or opening (1?, and provide a side supplemental shutter member 0 made in the manner of a fan and comprising a plurality of blades e ypivoted together. at the top end-thereof and also pivoted in the corresponding end ofthe groove or opening a? as shown at 6 The blades 6 of the supplemental shutter member 6 are connected by a chain or other flexible device a each of said blades being provided with eye-plates or similar devices 6 which are riveted thereto, as shown at 6 and with which the chain ct or other flexible device is connected, and this prevents the separation of the blades 6 in the operation of opening and closing the supplemental shuttermembere as will be readily understood. p I

One side edge blade member 6 of the supplemental shutter member 6 is provided with a transverse slot 6 through which is whereby said supplemental shutter member 6 is secured to one of the side walls of the groove or opening a in the outer frame member a of the shutter a, and the opposite side blademember e of the supplemental shutter e is provided with a pivoted hook or similar device e adapted to engage an eye-pin or screw 6 secured to the window sash, and by means of this construc tion, when the shutter a is swung outwardly the supplemental shutter member 6 will be opened so as to close the space between the shutter 66 and the window frame at the outer side of said shutter, and when the shutter a is dropped into the closed position, the said supplemental shutter member 6 will be collapsed into the groove or opening (B, as shown in Fig. 2, and pivoted to the inner side of the shutter frame member a is a catch 6 adapted to hold the separate in a closed position.

Secured to the sides of the window frame is a vertically arranged bar 7 and mounted thereon and vertically movable thereon is an arm 9 which is loosely connected with the lower end of the shutter a at 9 and when the shutter a is swung outwardly as shown in Fig. l the inner end of the arm g moves upwardly onthe bar 7 and saidbar folds downwardlv this construction and the operation thereof being the same as in the patent referred to. 7

While I have shown myimprovement, ap-

plied to but one shutter, it will be understood that, in practice, said improvement is applied to both shutters, and while I have shown and describee my improvement applied to a shutter a'hinged to a top shutter V membe'r I) it will be understood that the employment of the top shutter member I) is not necessary and my improvement may be applied to any shutter constructed and arranged to be swungoutwardly at the bot tom thereof so as to adapt said, shutter to serve as'an awning, and with'my imrrovcment either or boththe shutters of a window may be swung outwardlyand held in the position shown in Fig. 1.0f the :10-

companying drawing, and when so used the sbaceor s aces between the shutter or shutters at the sides of the window framewill be closed and all side drafts and rain will be PIGVQIItGCl from entering the window be tween-the sides of the shutters and the sides of tlie window frame.

' In the accompanymg drawing, the shutter a is provided at the bottom thereof with a hinge member h adapted to engage a corresponding, hinge member on the side of the window frame when the shutter a; isin a closed position and the shuttermember Z) is also connected with the frame by a'hinge if, this construction being thesame as in the patent referred to, and when the shutter a is in theclosed position the hinge member I it engages the correspondlng hmge member connected with the window frame, but not 7 shown, and the shutter .66 is secured to the Copies of this patent maybe obtained for Letters Patent, is

shutter member Z) and forms in connection therewith the complete shutter which is adapted to beswung outwardly in the man ner .ofother devices of this class.

ll'aving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by ,1. A window shutter adapted to be swung outwardly at the bottom thereof and provided in the side ofthe frame thereof with a longitudinal groove or opening in the top of which is pivoted a supplemental side shutter member made in the form of a fan and theseparate parts of which are adapted to open up so as to close the space between the shutter and the window frame i when the bottom of the shutter is swung outwardly; 1 i

2. A window shutter adapted to be swung vided in the side. of theframe thereof with a longitudinal groove or opening in the top of which" is-pivoted a supplemental side shutter member made in the form of a fan and the separate parts of which are adapted to open upso as to close the space be-; tween the shutter and thewindow frame when thebottom of the shutter is swung outwardly, and means for vconnecting the parts of: the supplemental shuttermember and connecting one side edge portion of "said shutter member with the main shutter five cents eachfby addrssinigthe Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D. 0'. V

outwardly at the bottom thereof and pro- 

